The Torah is Like an Onion

KJV Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. B'rashit bara Elokim et haShamayim v'et haEretz"

Pinchas Winston, in his book, "Talking about the End of Days" points out that there are apparent mistakes in the Torah. Rashi shows that there are spelling mistakes with missing letters and sometimes extra letters in a word. There are also grammatical mistakes. When there is an apparent mistake, it is always a hint that there is a deeper meaning. Like an onion, one must peel off other layers to understand the many possible meanings.

The first word in the Torah, "B'rashit" (tyviareB.), Rashi points out, is grammatically in-correct. Had it been intended to mean, "In the beginning" the word should have been "B'rishonah". Rashi also shows that the word B'rashit is miss-spelled. It could be two words, "reshit biet" which is an illusion to the Jewish People. So it would read, "For the sake of Torah and the Jewish people, G-D made the heavens and the earth". In Aramaic, B'rashit is translated "Bara Shaish" that means "In Six G-D created the heavens and the earth." This suggests than not only in six days did G-D create the heavens and the earth but also projected that in six thousand years He would consummate his creation.

My daughter, Sarah points out that the word B'rashit can also mean "B'Reshet. The word "Reshet" means a "net" or "network" it can also mean a "matrix". This matrix is a slot-class correlation of all the elements of the universe. There is, if someone had the knowledge, wisdom and understanding to didactic it, a Periodic Atomic Chart of all the Elements and Molecules of the universe both organic and inorganic based on the 22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet. They would form a matrix both in analog and digital format. The word "matrix" is synonymous with the Hebrew word "Rechem" that means "the womb" In that instant of creation, G-D created the souls of every person who would ever pass through the womb. Therefore, we all existed before we were born and we will continue to exist after we die! We can all say, "Before Abraham was, I Am." What's more, we can all say, "Before Adam was, I Am!"

Rabbi Eliezer Ben Yehuda, in our 1983 Conference, pointed out that the word B'rashit bara Elokim et haShamayim v'et haEretz, in the simplest grammatical interpretation can mean "In her head, He created Elohim (G-D), with the heavens and with the earth." You cannot have a creation without a Creator. By the same rational you cannot have a Creator without a creation. Creation and Creator came onto existence at precisely the same instant. Before creation there was not matter, energy, space nor time. Nothing existed! Nothing, even G-D did not exist.

We find it difficult to comprehend absolute nothingness. We do not have a word for it! We must use the word "Thing" to say "No thing" and the word "Thing" is something! When we say "No, even G-D (Elohim) did not exist", we forbear that He did exist in potential in YHVH but not as The Creator. YHVH, the Incomprehensible' Ineffable, Indefinable and Unutterable ONE had to sacrifice a portion of his Incomprehensibleness to become Creator. This is to say, that YHVH had to "Tzimzum", "Contract Himself inside Himself, shrink, shrivel-up and sacrifice some of His" Incomprehensibleness to become Creator and still remain One. For that reason, the Creator (Elohim) is comprehensible! We comprehend the Creator through His creation. "When I behold the heavens, the works of Thy hands, the moon and the stars that you did create, what is man that you are mindful of him?" "The heavens declare the Glory of GD, and the firmament sets forth His handiworks"!

Matter, Energy, Space and Time are not four things. They are ONE! Einstein taught that Matter is Energy at rest, and Energy is Matter at work. So Matter and Energy are really ONE. Space is the distance between Matter and Matter. Time is the measurement of the movement in Space between Matter and Matter. Consequently, Space and Time are ONE with Matter and Energy. G-D is ONE and his Name is ONE! So also are all the elements and molecules of the universe both organic and inorganic are ONE with the ONE Creator.

Judaism teaches that if one single atom escaped His control the entire universe would cease to exist. I hesitate to quote from the Christian's Scriptures. But there is a passage in the opening of the book of Hebrews that so vindicates this principal. "He upholds all things by the Word of His power." The construct in the Greek however reads: "He upholds all things by the power of His Word. The Greek for "Word" is "Logos". In the Greek Septuagint the word "Torah", is always translated "Logos." Hence the verse should read "He upholds all things by the power of His Torah." The Greek word for "things" is "neutron". So, "He upholds all neutrons by the power of His Torah!" Also, the book of the Gospel of John opens with: "In the beginning was the Word (Torah) and the Word (Torah) was Pros ho Theos before the G-D was. And the Word (Torah) became flesh and dwelt among us." How did the "Torah become flesh and dwell among us?" The Torah became flesh in seven men. They were, Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. This is the "B'rashit" the book of "Genesis." Who was "He", and who was "She"? I will answer this question on a wrap-a-round at the conclusion of our thoughts.

The word "bara", "He created" only occurs once in the entire Ta'nach. It occurs only once because it just happened this one time and will never happen again. Since you cannot have a creation with out a Creator, by the same rational you cannot have a Creator without a creation. Creation and Creator came into existence at precisely at the same instant. There was a "Big Bang out of Black Hole" that slung Hebrew alphabet soup all over nowhere and nowhere became everywhere and nothing became everything. If one single neutron escaped His control the entire universe would cease to exist and be sucked back into the black hole!

The universe is expanding at a constant rate. Astronomers reverse that rate of expansion and calculate that the big bang out of the black hole occurred fifteen billion, two hundred fifty million years ago. To this the Holy Scriptures agree! In Psalms 90:3 "A thousand years in Thy sight is as one day and one day is as a thousand years, and when it is passed it is a watch in the night." On this computation, A thousand years in Thy sight is as one day and one day would be fifteen billion years ago. Add a watch in the night (one fourth of a day) would be two hundred and fifty million years. Consequently, again, it has taken science 3,000 years to catch-up with the Holy Scriptures! " Etha - Shamiim" is "with the heavens" "v'et haEretz" "and with the earth" The word "Et" means "with" This teaches us that the Creator came into existence simultaneously "with" the heavens and the earth.

Now we will consider, "In Her Head, He Created" Who was "She" who was "He"? The word "Bereshit" "In her head" is in the feminine gender. So also the word "Torah" is in the feminine gender. David wrote: "Thy Torah O'Lord, HaShem (YHVH) is from everlasting to everlasting! By Your Torah You created the universe." She is the Torah! He is HaShem "YHVH".